Kodak has its own nuclear reactor. You paying attention, Ahmadinejad? One of our bankrupt camera …

As Kodak stumbles through its bankruptcy, all sorts of weird facts are surfacing, like the news that the company had its own nuclear reactor, producing weapons-grade isotopes. It was installed for neutron imaging experiments in 1974, and while the feds were duly notified, it doesn't look like there was ever a public announcement — nor was there any notice given to the local firefighters who'd have turned up if anything ever went wrong. If only I'd known about this when writing Makers (which …

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 3:04 pm and is filed under random stuff.
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